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[applause] >> to 1991, she was governor of vermont and later united states ambassador to switzerland and liechtenstein and is author this book "the new feminist agenda: defining the next revolution for women, work, and family". then professor anita hill, professor of social policy of law and women's studies at brandeis university and author of this book, "reimaging equality: stories of gender, race, and finding home". welcome to you as well. [applause] >> and hanna rosin is senior editor of the atlantic and founder of double x, the women's section, and author of "the end of men and the rise of women," hanna rosin, welcome. >> we start with a couple minutes from each of you. a brief summary or a story from the book that you think best encapsulates the ideas you are presenting in these three great works. let's start with madeline kunin. >> thank you very much. great to see what there and to be here with my sister authors. what is next for women? my career, my political life really started with low women's movement in the 70s. we had great expectations, some of which have been met. the
[applause] >> to 1991, she was governor of vermont and later united states ambassador to switzerland and liechtenstein and is author this book "the new feminist agenda: defining the next revolution for women, work, and family". then professor anita hill, professor of social policy of law and women's studies at brandeis university and author of this book, "reimaging equality: stories of gender, race, and finding home". welcome to you as well. [applause] >> and...
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israel france, new zealand finland, norway, serbia, swede and switzerland and the u.k. allows women to serve in artillery. why is america so far behind the rest of the world? >> you know, i think we're just attached to those past rules that have been in place and it is not really taking into account the change in the modern warfare today and the fact that women have really been in combat for the last ten years in the last two wars we've been in. >> john: 14% of the 1.4 million active military are women. but 238,000 jobs across the armed forces are completely off-limits to them. is there any reason that you are given consistently by the brass as to why this is? >> you know, i think the policy is in place just because it has always been in place. the military hasn't quite caught up yet. the reasons tend to be women can't keep up. women don't belong. they won't fit in. and again i don't have to argue about what good women are or the nature of women if we're aggressive enough. i can just point to the last ten years of history and the fact that they have been doing this and
israel france, new zealand finland, norway, serbia, swede and switzerland and the u.k. allows women to serve in artillery. why is america so far behind the rest of the world? >> you know, i think we're just attached to those past rules that have been in place and it is not really taking into account the change in the modern warfare today and the fact that women have really been in combat for the last ten years in the last two wars we've been in. >> john: 14% of the 1.4 million...
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., britain and switzerland. the u.s. justice department formally announced the deal today. the charges stem from the bank's attempt to manipulate a key interest rate known as libor. attorney general eric holder said two former u.b.s. traders will face criminal charges. >> these alleged conspirators and others at u.b.s. manipulated the benchmark interest rate upon which many consumer financial products, including credit cards, student loans and mortgages, are frequently based. they defrauded the company's counterparties of millions of dollars. >> sreenivasan: the two traders are currently in britain and switzerland. justice department officials said they will seek extradition for both. the u.s. army will pursue the death penalty for a soldier accused of killing 16 afghan villagers last march. the announcement came today in the case of staff sergeant robert bales. he was in his fourth deployment to a war zone when he allegedly attacked a pair of afghan villages. bales' faces a court martial at joint base lewis-mcchord near seattle. no member of the u.s. military has been exec
., britain and switzerland. the u.s. justice department formally announced the deal today. the charges stem from the bank's attempt to manipulate a key interest rate known as libor. attorney general eric holder said two former u.b.s. traders will face criminal charges. >> these alleged conspirators and others at u.b.s. manipulated the benchmark interest rate upon which many consumer financial products, including credit cards, student loans and mortgages, are frequently based. they...
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body, a committee, operating out of geneva switzerland, should decide what is in the best interest of the child at home with his or her parents in utah or in any other state in our great union. >> oh, my god. let me go to ted kennedy on that. ted, have you a disability. you lost a leg to cancer years ago. i've always admired how you've handled it. what does it mean to someone disabled, this bill, to an american? >> well, for disabled americans we feel the republican party have really turned their backs, because what this treaty does, by the way senator kerry has been our champion on this and so many other issues, so i commend senator kerry and senator lugar and the other senators who bucked the trend of the pressure in the right wing of this party to somehow mischaracterize this treaty. the treaty is simple. it simply says a disabled american, including disabled american veterans, are afforded the same rights overseas as they are here at home. which is why 21 leading veterans organizations, including the vfw, american legion, wounded warrior project, hardly left-wing organizations, ha
body, a committee, operating out of geneva switzerland, should decide what is in the best interest of the child at home with his or her parents in utah or in any other state in our great union. >> oh, my god. let me go to ted kennedy on that. ted, have you a disability. you lost a leg to cancer years ago. i've always admired how you've handled it. what does it mean to someone disabled, this bill, to an american? >> well, for disabled americans we feel the republican party have...
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i'm thinking singapore, cayman islands, switzerland maybe, the channel islands? >> bahamas, turks and caicos, i'm hearing the same names you are, switzerland, right. stuart: so far they are talking about it, they are not actually doing it yet. >> they are talking about it because they are angry like a lot of us are of the election results nd the debt ceiling and fiscal cliff, and all the things that are going on. where do you go when you live in the best country in the world? it is pretty tough. stuart: you are angry, aren't you? >> i am angry, i am. you know, it's just -- it's a tough conversation to have. i just cannot believe we re-elected president obama. i'm still in disbelief, frankly. stuart: i've heard that from a lot of people. can't believe it happened. but it did. steve, thanks very much indeed. give us a report on what the rich are actually going to do come the new year. thanks, steve. >> thanks, stuart. happy new year. stuart: you have a smile on your face. david: i'm also thinking zab the guy who is making a million bucks a year from his relatively
i'm thinking singapore, cayman islands, switzerland maybe, the channel islands? >> bahamas, turks and caicos, i'm hearing the same names you are, switzerland, right. stuart: so far they are talking about it, they are not actually doing it yet. >> they are talking about it because they are angry like a lot of us are of the election results nd the debt ceiling and fiscal cliff, and all the things that are going on. where do you go when you live in the best country in the world? it is...
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[cheers] next year, for the first time in our history, money will be flowing from bank accounts in switzerland to britain instead of the other way around. because of the treaty we signed, we expect to receive 5 billion pounds over the next years from the undisclosed bank accounts of uk residents. it is the largest tax evasion supplement in british history. we are taking further steps today, hundreds of millions of pounds of tax loopholes are being closed with immediate effect, and we are investigating abusive use. they will not have their budget cut over the next few years, unlike other departments. instead, we will spend 77 million pounds more and not just for wealthy individuals. we want the most competitive corporate tax system of any major economy in the world and we expect those taxes to be paid. we are confirming that we will be putting more resources to ensuring multinational companies pay their proper share of taxes, and i am leaving the national effort for taxpayers. with germany and france, we have taken this work forward. and we will make it an important priority of our presidency n
[cheers] next year, for the first time in our history, money will be flowing from bank accounts in switzerland to britain instead of the other way around. because of the treaty we signed, we expect to receive 5 billion pounds over the next years from the undisclosed bank accounts of uk residents. it is the largest tax evasion supplement in british history. we are taking further steps today, hundreds of millions of pounds of tax loopholes are being closed with immediate effect, and we are...
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you can come here from haiti, somalia, china, mexico, in calista's case her grandparents came from switzerland and poland, in my case they came from places like scotland and ireland. you can come from anywhere, and you can learn to be an american. but to do that, the you have to learn to be an american. and if you have an academic elite and a news media elite and an entertainment elite who are opposed to teaching you how to be american, you cut off the life blood of this country. that's why we have an american legacy tour. now, several people said when they found out i was coming out here that if i'm going to come out here and talk about george washington, which to a lot of people seems a long way off, and i talk about sweet land of liberty and land of pilgrim's pride, both of callista's books have become bestsellers, it's actually about the 13 controlnies. her mother, who's now 80, wrote her and said you should not say this is for 4-8 years old, this is for 4-80 years old because nobody has studied the colonies and, therefore, it's brand new information for everybody. somebody said to me, oka
you can come here from haiti, somalia, china, mexico, in calista's case her grandparents came from switzerland and poland, in my case they came from places like scotland and ireland. you can come from anywhere, and you can learn to be an american. but to do that, the you have to learn to be an american. and if you have an academic elite and a news media elite and an entertainment elite who are opposed to teaching you how to be american, you cut off the life blood of this country. that's why we...